The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 15, 1926, Page 1

y » Full Associated Press Leased Wire Day Service For 47 Years Devoted to the Interests of Key West # 4. VOLUME XLVII. No. 63. arger De Molay Abroad One Aim of Grand Council, © Session in Kansas City LOUS MOVEMENT TO TRAIN BOYS FOR ~~ “LAFE’S DUTIES HAS GROWN TO MEMBER- | SHIP OF 205,000, WITH 1,500 CHAPTERS _ SEVEN YEARS OF ITS EXISTENCE ‘ASpecial'To The Citizen) | "KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 14. —The annual meeting of | Grand Council of DeMolay open-/ here Saturday. This is the re bedy and. is com-j} of adult leaders for the! "great boy movement which has | Swept the country since fits in-| ception here with a single chap-| ter and 2 membership of 31 about | years ago. _ ‘There are today more than 1500 u with a membership of | 205,000 boys. Judge A. C.| of St. Louis is Grand | Master Councilor. One of the Miost important considerations at | session will be plans for tak- fundamentals of the or- , upright living, good loyalty to heme, coun- | and “society—to a greater; ff young men abroad. will be furthered for progress.in the endow- mt fund program launched last | in Louis, whereby one | m is to be provided “te-azsist deserving DeMolays in ye i especially to pro- ining ‘n both cultural and courses. . John H. New York, Deputy Grand Master Councilor, is chair- Man of the fund committee. leaders in the annual will include: Johnson, of Boston, the meeting here will be: €. Cohagan of Billings, | for Montana, and John K. of Slater, Deputy for Missouri. ‘ i body at its ses- tps quectots affecting the tat F ing: ‘ fSement and m of DeMolay” at any us meeting, ac- | to here. cording at nation: Among these will be legislation | "to imerease the number” of De-| summer camps, Plans al-| have been made for camps | this summer at these points: Ashe- | ‘ville, N. C.; Lake Winnepesaukee, | NN. H.; Manistee, Mich.; El Portal, Calif.; Hollister, Mo.; Spirit | Lake, Ia., and Bear Lake, near (| ~ Estes Park, Colo. This is an in- _erease of three over last year, | The camps are conducted for | the training of DeMolay leaders, | } recreational purposes. - Camp sites are surrounded with of nature, in moun-) river. These, } irational in- Miuence, afford opportunities for eutdoor such as hikes, boating, and bathing. Barony promoted by the} ‘Grand il until Sept. 1, for} @neouragement of chapters to) engage in activities, either alone | ‘er im conjunction with other or- ganizations, such as these: en-/ deavoring to keep boys in school; | programs at industrial | ; furnishing entertainment homes for the aged; helping to Taise funds for high school gym- Pasi¢ass; starting chapter scholar- ship funds; giving free musical programs in municipal § andi- teorlums, and providing chairs, (Continued on Page 8) a COOGAN AGAIN A tramp schooner, a wreck— and Jackie Coogan in the South Bea Isles as “Little Robinson Crusoe.” This is Coogan’s great- ‘est triumph. See him at his best * * « * * * * * * * * ‘ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * + * * * * * * * « * * & * [eee ee eee eee ee es DE MOLAY BUILDS ARMOUR TO PROTECT, YOUNG FROM WRONG By FRANK S. LAND. Founder of the Order “De Molays and Boy Scouts are rarely found in any court. A real knowledge of citizen- ship, such as that afforded by the De Molay program, affords a-splendid armor to protect young people from tendencies to go wrong. “De Molay is for young men between 16 and 21,.a period when formative influences are most needed and most effec- tice. “De Molay is sponsored by Masonic bodies just as other worthwhile movements are sponsored by such bodies and other organizations. It is not a junior Masonic frater- nity. De Molay is anti-vice and pro-citizen in its funda- menta’s. Its sole idea is to aid young men to secure a better knowledge of their fu- ture duties as citizens, so that when they attain their majori- ties they will enter manhood’s estate with definite knowledge of their powers and responsi- bilities. There are two de- greés in the order, Initiatory and De Molay.”. SHR eae eRe ee ee Hon. Chas. H. Ketchum started the proverbial “poli- tical pot” to boiling today when he tossed his hat in the ring by announcing his can- didacy for the state legisla ture, of which position he is: the incumbent, having been Selected by a special. election to fill out the unexpired term .6f Hon. J. F, Busto, resigned. Tt is expected that the June primary this year will cul- minate a somewhat strenuous warming-up of politics in Monroe county, as there will be quite a number of: axpir- a@hts for each of the numer- ous offices to be filled by the next election. The citizens here will be privileged to. vote for one Un‘ted States senator, a state senator, criminal court judge, county solicitor, county com- missioners, as well as candi- dates for a number of posi- tions of minor importance. For the U. §. senate can- didatés. will compete for the place now held by Duncan U. ‘letcher. For the office of.state sena- tor now held by Wm. H. Ma- lone, and in the state legis- later to succeed Chas. H. Ketchum. County commissioners will be elected, the present board consisting of J. Otto Kirch- chairman; Wm. R. Braxton Warren, Hil- Judge of criminal of which Judge J. ng Harris is the incumbent, and the office of county solicitor, now held by J. F. Busto. A supervisor of registration will be elected for the office now held by Jos. Roberts. Members of the school board will be elected, the present members being Millard Gib- son, Clarence H. Pierce and A. Lopez There are_many local peo- pie that have aspirations for the offices that will be made available through the June primary, and interest is al- ready warming up with assur- ance of-an interesting contest for the offices, from the lowest IN ; matters has been resumed on the KEY WEST, FLORIDA,“MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1926. KEY ACREAGE | MARK TODAY | VIC REALTY COMPANY SELLS| PROPERTY ON RAMROD KEY AT $1,800 PER ACRE DURING DAY Considerab‘e activity in realty | Florida keys, starting off with a {new high record price for property jon Ramrod Key, which reached *| $1,500 an acre today when seven *| acres were sold by the Vic Realty Company to a resident of Spring- field, Mo., who purchased the property through the well-known local agency, which is rapidly dis- posing of many valuable tractsgon ;| the keys and many parcels in Key «| West as well, The Lucignani home on United *| street, near the corner of White- ‘| head, was a'so sold today by the | Vie Realty Company to Mr. Camp- bell, who proposes taking up hie permanent residence in Key West. Mrs. Campbell is. a noted writer, lealing especially in feature stor- s which receive wide publicity hrough many periodicals: in vari-4 ous: parts of the country. The resumption of activities in the real estate line ‘is due to the | recent option of the franchise | granted in connection with the construction of the toll. bridges connecting with the Over Sea Highway to the mainland, and from ali indications the real estate boom in Key West and on ‘the Florida keys, will soon be back in | full swing with sales being made on every hand, REALTY BOARD rere s. ’ ENJOYABLE LUNCHEON TAKES ‘PLACE AT | ‘CONCHA HOTEL; MANY | GUESTS ATTEND . * * * SH al * at . | * *} | The Key: West Realty Board held its regular weekly- luncheon meeting at the La Concha hotel jteday. Arrangements have been |made for holding all . future luncheons on the private porch at |this popular hostelry. | Th report of the public affairs committee on the question. of the mosquito control showed there is |no city ordinance on that subject. | Matter referred to legislative com- | mittee with instruetions. to: en- 'deavor to induee necessary legis- |lation. | Visitors present; C. C. Notting- |ham, vice president First National | Bank, Chattanooga, Tenn., and | Norman E. Mack, owner and pub- jlisher; of Buffalo Times, Buffalo, | {N. ¥. | | Mr. Nottingham in a speech {said he and Mrs. Nottingham had just finished a tour over prac- tically the entire state of Florida }and in every place they had seen | wonderful progress —- building | ‘going on in every small town as/ well as the larger ones, and were _much impressed with the progress being made.“ Foundation of the | prosperity of the state. lies chief. | ly in its roads‘and it has made/ ; wonderful progress in road build- | ting. In a tour of six days they \did not go over a single road that was not good, except one stretch of twelve miles. They are thor- | oughly sold on the state, he said, | jespecially the grand playground | from Stuart to Key West. Peo- | ple of Key West are doing won- derful things in the way of boost- | ing the highway and water pipe | line. My. Nottingham is deeply impressed with improvement shown here since his visit last April. People of Key West are! to be congratulated on the prog-, ress they are making. Key West and the keys are going to be the biggest thing in Florida, the speak- | er said: Norman E. Mack said: Key/ West is bound to grow. He sees} more future for Key West than! for any other city in Florida and thinks the time near when there | will be a great boom-in this city. People of Key -West, he said, have every reason to be most con- | tented and satisfied with the progress the city is making and with its future. He does not/ IN CONCERT FORMER KEY WESTER ENTER- TAINS MUSIC LOVERS IN PAMAMA Mrs. Paul Vecker, formerly. Miss Jennie Williams, of Key West, now recognized as a vocalist of brilliant magnitude in the Panama Canal zone, recent!y appeared at a concert given by the Choral Club of the Isthmus of Panama, as an- nounced in one of the publicatiqns of Panama, which, in advance of the concert, referred to Mrs. Vecker’s wonderful voice in the’ following complimentary way. “We may well be proud of some of our own local talent, and a star of brilliant magnitude in our home firmament is Mrs. Paul Vecker, whose magnificent dramatic soprano voice has in the past de- righted many Isthmian audiences. She will sing several solos, among them “The Death of Joan of Arc,” and “One Fine Day,” from Madam Butterfly. The lyric sweet- ness of Mrs, Vecker’s singing is! COURT CASES ARE NOT DISMISSED U. S. COMMISSIONER CONTRA- DICTS ERRONEOUS | REPORT Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning) at 10 o’elock is the time ‘set for) the beginning of the preliminary trials of the people arrested in connection with the recent series ef raids conducted in this city by| Miami. prohibition officers, _ | “The cases have not been dis-| missed,” U. S. Commissioner Rod- ney Gwynn stated to a Citizen representative this morning, in, positively contradicting the er-) roneous report that seems to have} gained circulation. Judge Gwynn) says that he certainly has not au-} thorized any statement that thes@) eases are, as yet, dismissed. unusual in a voice of such range and volume. “The Death-of Joan of Arc” is a difficult number, and Mrs. Vecker’s rendering of demonstrates the flexibility and lyric quality of her tcnes.” Time Limit Allowed - For Filing Income Tax E xpires Today) Returns STRUCTURESON MEACHAM TRACT MOST ATTRACTIVE } SEVEN MODERN RESIDENCES; IN COURSE OF CONSTRUC- | <3 NEARING: » TION ARE NOW COMPLETION The seven modern and most’ at; tractive residences now, in compe: ‘of construction on the Meacham tract at the east end of the island are beginning to assume @ finished‘ appearance. Several of them arej nearing completion, and they are! most attractive in their graceful architectural lines and ornamental | exterior form. | The filling station at the turn of} the highway opposite thebiologi- cal station is one of the neatest/ and most Up-to-date in the city. The seven residences under} construction, the filling station now being finished, the laying of sidewalks now in progress, with! perhaps a hundred yards com: | pieted, altogether present a scene of building activity on the Mea-! cham tract that is inspiring and| encouraging. { | CLERKS HANDLING. RE-| TURNS WILL BE KEPT QUITE BUSY UP UNTIL MIDNIGHT | The time allowed for the payment of income taxes. comes to an‘end at 12 o’clock | tonight, The office in the post office building, where returns , it| The Key West Citizen BAND CONCERT The following is the program that will be rendered at Bayview | Park this evening, beginning at | 7:45 o’clock: . Parti. March, Greetings to Bangor— Hall. Fox Trot, No -Wonder—Davis. Overture, Zampa—Herold. Fox Trot, The Only, Only One —Warren. Selection, Babes in Toyland— Herbert. | Fox Kahn. Trot, Ukulele Lady— Part Il Fox Trot, So That’s the Kind of a Girl You Are—Rose. Selection, Lucja di Lammer- moor—Tobani. Waltz, The Skaters—Waldteu- fel. March, The Chancellor—King. | The-Star Spangled Banner— Key. HUBERT REASON, , Conductor. Should weather be cold. con- jcert will be in the Monroe County High School. “are being -made, presents) ® 9 busy and “congested scene-to- Delinquents seem te be as numerous this year as in-pre- vious years, and the clerks will be swamped with busi- ness until the gong sounds at midnight for the curta‘n to go down on the privilege of pay- ing income taxes, unless there is forthcoming some: yet un- announced extension of the time. Appearances indicate that there may be some so far back in the waiting lihe that their turn will not come before the zero- hour tonight, then the privilege will be gone and the books closed. Warbler Goes to Assist Steamship in Distress CHARLES KETCHUM ANNOUNCES FOR REPRESENTATIVE, KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL MAKE RACE IN JUNE PRI-) MARY AS CANDIDATE FROM MONROE COUNTY | e | | STEAMER EASTERN CITY | REPORTED TO BE LEAK-| promoters are being complime | ING BADLY NEAR NUE-) VITAS, CUBA * In response to a message re- céived by the Porter Dock Com- pany from the New York office of the Merritt-Chapman Company, the tug Warbler, Capt. Snow, left this pert last evening Wrecking; |MANY I | ARE “TO BE SEEN AT | WATERFRONT OF MEACHAM | TRACT : | y |) The aquarium and zoo at the | waterfront of the Meacham tract, ‘the creation of which was com- menced just.a few days ago, is t growing rapidly, and attracted a | large number if visitors yesterday, all of whom were pleased and sur- | prised at the increasing number | of exhibits there. The cages for the birds and ani- \mals are neat, nicely painted and \tastily arranged. The aquarium lis . sufficiently large to contain | many specimens of fish and other | creatures of the sea, and the dis- | play crates are so arranged that | the water of the sea circulates | through the bars, thus affording ‘every natural advantage that na- | ture provides for the well-being of dwellers of the deep. While visitors realize that thie |is merely a small beginning of | what this valuable enterprise is to be, they are highly pleased with | the progress being made, and the nted lon every side, ‘Capt. and Mrs. Stearns | To Entertain Tonight At Quarters In Navy Yard Captain and Mrs. C. D. Stearns |will have an informal At Home this evening, beginning at 9 fen route to Nuevitas, Cuba, for, 0’clock for their friends to meet Charles H. Ketchum comes for-| the purpose of rendering assist-|Captain and Mrs. R. W. McNeely. | will relieve | ward today making his formal an- nouncement as candidate for rep- resentative from Monroe County at the coming June Primary. Mr. steamer had been aground, but, Ketchum is the first to make his ance te the steamship Eastern City, reported to be in distress in that vicinity. The message stated that the was floated some time after, but | Captain McNeely (Captain Stearns as commandant of the Seventh Naval District. on March 16, 1926. —_——_——_—— RADIO BILL PASSES announcement for the office to sprung a leak following its ground-| which he seeks, and is also the first candidate of all to make known his candidacy which starts the ball! rolling in matters politic. | Mr. Ketchum, it wi:l be recalled, was elected as a representative from Monroe County to serve at the special session of the legisla-' ture ‘held some time ago for the purpose of taking up the Monroe) County District water bill, which was overlooked on the oversight of some member of the state de- partment, which necessitated the calling of a special session of the body im order to have the measure enacted in due time. Mr, Ketchum is well and favor- ing, which left the vessel in 2 dangerous position. The orders received were to proceed to the scene under full steam as the ship was leaking badly. On receipt of the orders, the tug lost no time in getting under way, pulling out from the dock a short time after the erew was rounded up for the proposed) trip. The Warbler had just returned to this port from a trip to New Orleans; where the vessel was call- ed about a week or so ago for the purpose of rendering assistance to a vessel that was ashore in the vicinity. The ship in question was think any community in the state | ably known to the voters of this! floated after the Warbler helped has a better prospect for becoming | district, and has a large following, in taking off a part of the ship's (fy Associated Press) WASHINGTON, March 15.— The White pill to control all phases of radio was passed today by the house by a vote of 218 to 124. It now goes to the senate. ST. PATRICK’S DAY ; DINNER DANCE Wednesday, March 17th CASA MARINA INTERESTING EXHIBITS for I JAMES BETHEL IS TAKEN IN CUSTODY ON OR- DERS RECEIVED FR AUTHORITIES A man wanted on the charge of murder in Miami was located, traced down, arrested and locked up in jail, all within one hour after Sheriff Roland Curry receiv- ed a telegram this morning from Chief of Detectives Guy C. Reeves requesting the apprehension of the fugitive, giving as his name James Bethel and stating that the man wanted would likely receive money man had just left. They traced, him to the postoffice and from there to Porter Dock, where the man was recognized by the de- seription given and was by Sheriff Curry. The man Sheriff -Curry minute description of sheriff and detective ami, mentioning disfiguratio apparent!y made years ago, through which absolute identifica- tion should be easy, The prisoner has a scar on the | forehead, a scar three or four tinches long on the left arm as if made by a knife, and another similar one on the right arm. | STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS 1 ON BOARD FERRY { BOAT j | Capt. W. J. Phelan of the ferry | Estrada Palma who was stricken |with paralysis while on duty en ‘route to Havana was brought back to this city Saturday afternoon and taken to his home, 1303 | White street, where he is under the care of his family physician. | _ Capt. Phelan was paralyzed on |the entire left side, and in addi- ition to this he is reported to have ja touch of pneumonia. | Reports from his bedside late |this afternoon indicate that Capt. | Phelan is desperately il! and his |condition very critical. | Aetna Chemaie te | Schedale of Steamers of P, & O. Steamship Co. With the Peninsular and Occi- dental Steamship Company's change of schedule the S&. 8. Governor Cobb makes its last trip |to Port Tampa tonight and will relieve the S. S. Northland on Key | West-Havana run on March 20. | This changes sailings from Key | West to Port Tampa to Tuesdays and Saturdays and to Havana to daily except Sundays and Thurs- jdays. | S. S. Northland will sail north \after arrival from Havana on j March 19. | CeeoseoercoeseseseeoeseS® AMUSEMENTS, TODAY—Jackie Coogan in “Lit-} the Robinson Crusce.” Comedy, “Goot.” TOMORROW—Pola Negri in PRICE FIVE CENTS Installation of New Automatic | ‘Signal System Along Route of Florida East’ Coast Railway Sheriff Curry Arrests Man |Mvet oF won On Waterfront Today Wanted On Murder Charge MUCH OF WORK WILL BE COMPLETED ALONG LINE BY FIRST. PART OF APRIL The Citizen is in receipt of in- formation from J. D. Rahner, gen- eral passenger agent of the Florida East Coast Railway Company, with headquarters at St. Augustine, to the effect that the General Railway Signal Company of Rochester, N. Y., has started operations on the installation of the new Florida East Coast automatic signal sys- tem, which will add wonderfully te the other excellent facilities now maintained by the railway company asa matter of protection in the operation of trains daily over the East Coast system. : According to the information given out by the railway official, signals, and this work w'll be com- by the first of August this year. miles abead. Thua these automatic eyes which will see around sharp curves and penetrate the blinding storm and inky darkness will continua ly stand guard over East Coast Rail- way” Like all of our most modern in- ventions, these signals will require electrical power for their opera- tion. This will necessitate the erection of a 4,400 volt A. ©, power line along the entire route of the mainline between Jackson- ville and Miami. At certain points j this current will be _ reduced through transformers to 110 volta and at each signal mast it will be still further stepped down to 12 | volts for the immediate operation lof the relays and signal lights. |The Ughis will be projected through powerful lenses and the special rebased concentrated fila- ment lamps will be visible for a distance of from 4,000 te 6,000 feet even in bright sunlight. Many other improvements are now in planning, and considerable repair work will be carried on by the company between Miami and Key West in the near futere in order to facilitate matters gener- ally in the‘operation of the large number of trains that run in and out of Key West, during the win- | ter especialy. ; i j | 12:00 M. TO 2:00 P.M. t a great city than the city of Key | all of whom predict his election at cargo, after which the tug left on’ to the highest. West, jthe coming June Primary. the return trip to this port.